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Taiwo Abiodun

Brantford,ON

Summary

Accomplished technical sales manager with expertise in strategic business management, offering tailored technical solutions to meet client's needs, customer relationship management and retention, and being an excellent team player. Customer-focused professional with practiced expertise in selling technical solutions in business-to-business environments. Researches and understands complex and system-wide customer needs and proposes and explains optimum solutions. Builds lasting and mutually beneficial relationships with key customers.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

GENERAL MANAGER - TECHNICAL SALES

Global Process and Pipeline Services Limited
Lagos, Nigeria
04.2018 - Current
  • With over 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, I have worked on and led several successful projects offshore (including swamp campaigns), onshore locally, and internationally, providing management, technical design, and execution of solutions within the scope of the contract companies such as Total, Chevron, SPDC, ExxonMobil, SAIPEM, SUBSEA7, HHI, Samsung, and others, with positive outcomes and accolades
  • After years of a successful technical and field career, I decided to pick up a career in business development and technical sales where I have built capacity and managed other organizations I worked for in the following areas
  • Sales & Business Development Strategy, Brand Management, Competition, Market, and Business Analysis, Partnership Negotiations, Vendor Management, Customer and contract Management, Project and Product Management.

ACCOUNT MANAGER-PIPELINE AND PROCESS SERVICES

Halliburton Energy Services Nigeria Limited
Lagos, Nigeria
07.2007 - 03.2018
  • Actively participate in the processes of business planning and financial forecasting while also offering our customers technical and operational skills
  • I make regular calls to assigned and unassigned accounts to successfully market and sell the business's goods and services
  • I provide technical sales presentations and build interpersonal working relationships with customers in order to match the company's technical, commercial, and operational capabilities to their demands
  • I frequently prepared excellent winning tenders and proposals, cost projections, pro forma bills, and completed job tickets with customers
  • Through the intelligent use of the business acquisition process, I am in charge of product service line business development and sales (BAP).

Education

Graduate Certificate - Global Business Management

Conestoga College Institute of Technology And Advanced Learning
Brantford, ON
01-2024

MBA -

University of The People
Pasadena, CA
04-2021

ADVANCED LEADERSHIP PROGRAM -

Judge Business School- Cambridge University
01.2021

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY -

Ladoke Akintola University Of Technology
01.2003

Skills

  • Knowledge of basic sales and marketing principles
  • Excellent customer management and relations
  • Problem-solving and analytic
  • Good contract negotiation and setup
  • Customer Retention
  • P&L Management
  • Operations Oversight
  • Sales
  • Business Development
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Project Management
  • Analytical Skills
  • Networking abilities
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Client Account Management

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

GENERAL MANAGER - TECHNICAL SALES

Global Process and Pipeline Services Limited
04.2018 - Current

ACCOUNT MANAGER-PIPELINE AND PROCESS SERVICES

Halliburton Energy Services Nigeria Limited
07.2007 - 03.2018

Graduate Certificate - Global Business Management

Conestoga College Institute of Technology And Advanced Learning

MBA -

University of The People

ADVANCED LEADERSHIP PROGRAM -

Judge Business School- Cambridge University

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY -

Ladoke Akintola University Of Technology
Taiwo Abiodun